Problem Pictures is about bringing mathematics to life with photographs. Striking photographs
are combined with original questions and problems to challenge students
at all levels.

The original Problem Pictures CD-ROM has 184 colour photographs with activities for mathematics
teaching. Each photograph comes with a question or activity. For each there is a page
giving hints, solutions and further information. Initially all the photographs
can be viewed as a video montage with a music soundtrack. Themes
covered by the pictures include symmetry, ratio, number patterns, spirals,
games, packaging, mazes and sundials. The original edition is for PC
only but a web browser edition is now available for Macs, PCs or any
computer with a web browser.

The 2009 edition of Problem Pictures Themes CD-ROM has more than 300 colour photographs.
Themes covered include Chocolate, Games & Puzzles, Mazes, Perspective, Time,
and Wheels, as well as a large Medley section covering
many other topics. U-Shaped Curves, Straight Lines & Gradients
and Waves & Other Curves are three sections that can be used
to model photographs with graphs. Like
the original Problem Pictures CD-ROM, this disc contains a varied
collection of attractive and unusual images which are starting points
for mathematical activities. The materials are viewed in a web browser
making it easy to copy and paste to other applications. Includes hints
and solutions. PC & Mac.

The Problem Pictures Numbers CD-ROM continues the tradition of bringing
mathematics to life with photographs. The first part of the disk has
more than two hundred eye-catching photographs, each with questions
and activities to challenge students of all ages and abilities. There
are pictures of pedal bins, liquorice allsorts, patchwork quilts and
road signs. Weird architecture and historic instruments also appear
in the mixture. The second part is on the theme of numbers. There is
a page for each whole number from zero up to 220. Photographs show patterns
based on particular numbers as well as diverse images of the numbers
themselves. The accompanying text is adapted from the book Numbers:
Facts, Figures and Fiction, juxtaposing mathematical ideas with
facts and anecdotes about numbers in the real world.